The ancient tattoos, which would have required trained artistry and hours of work, would be difficult for even modern ...

Using near-infrared imaging, researchers uncovered extraordinary hand-poked designs of tigers, griffins and tiny roosters on the body of a 2300-year-old Siberian mummy.

Tattoos are rare in the archaeological record, because skin rarely survives the centuries. But in the permafrost of the Altai ...

Researchers reconstructed a roughly 2,000-year-old woman’s tattoos, from prowling tigers to a fantastical griffinlike creature.

Archaeologists have revealed intricate tattoos on a 2,000-year-old mummy from the Pazyryk culture, preserved in Siberian permafrost. High-resolution imaging unveiled detailed animal motifs and ...

Researchers have discovered a series of tattoos on a woman, believed to have been around 50 at the time of her death.

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